Total reserves in months of imports - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Total reserves comprise holdings of monetary gold, special drawing rights, reserves of IMF members held by the IMF, and holdings of foreign exchange under the control of monetary authorities. The gold component of these reserves is valued at year-end (December 31) London prices. This item shows reserves expressed in terms of the number of months of imports of goods and services they could pay for [Reserves/(Imports/12)].

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Saudi Arabia 29.86 2020
2 Lebanon 28.96 2020
3 Russia 18.67 2020
4 Japan 18.60 2020
5 Israel 17.60 2021
6 Macao SAR, China 17.40 2020
7 Uzbekistan 17.21 2020
8 Afghanistan 16.63 2020
9 China 14.87 2020
10 Kuwait 13.43 2020
11 Bhutan 13.26 2020
12 India 12.93 2020
13 Thailand 12.06 2020
14 Syrian Arab Republic 11.66 2010
15 Iraq 11.36 2020
16 Cambodia 10.32 2020
17 Philippines 9.58 2021
18 Timor-Leste 8.66 2020
19 Jordan 8.15 2016
20 Kyrgyz Republic 7.80 2020
21 Korea 7.65 2021
22 Hong Kong SAR, China 7.56 2020
23 Brunei 6.91 2020
24 Kazakhstan 6.88 2020
25 Indonesia 6.78 2021
26 Qatar 6.77 2020
27 Nepal 6.75 2021
28 Singapore 6.52 2021
29 Bangladesh 6.29 2021
30 Mongolia 6.10 2020
31 Iran 5.82 1982
32 Armenia 5.53 2020
33 Oman 5.40 2020
34 Malaysia 5.32 2021
35 Azerbaijan 5.13 2020
36 Tajikistan 4.73 2019
37 Turkey 4.57 2020
38 Georgia 4.40 2020
39 Yemen 4.35 2013
40 Vietnam 3.98 2020
41 Pakistan 3.36 2021
42 Sri Lanka 3.30 2020
43 Myanmar 3.29 2019
44 Lao PDR 2.42 2020
45 Bahrain 0.88 2018

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual